Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Dobby the house-elf warns Harry not to go back to Hogwarts. He goes anyway, in a flying car with Ron. Students start turning up petrified, and a message on the wall says the Chamber of Secrets has been opened. An old diary belonging to Tom Riddle shows Hagrid being accused 50 years earlier. Hermione is petrified, but leaves the clue: it's a basilisk. Ginny Weasley is taken into the Chamber. Lockhart turns out to be a fraud and wipes his own memory with Ron's broken wand. In the Chamber, Riddle emerges from the diary and reveals himself as the young Voldemort. With Fawkes the phoenix and the sword of Gryffindor, Harry kills the basilisk and destroys the diary with a fang.

• After the credits After the credits, a bookshop window in Diagon Alley shows Gilderoy Lockhart's new book, "Who Am I?", with him on the cover in a straitjacket. It's the final joke about the memory he lost.

1. Behind the scenesRichard Harris's farewell

   This was Richard Harris's final live-action film. He played Dumbledore in the first two movies. He died in October 2002, shortly before the release.

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2. Behind the scenesHugh Grant as Lockhart?

   At the time, reports said Hugh Grant was the first choice to play Gilderoy Lockhart. Director Chris Columbus later denied Grant was ever considered and said the two had never met.

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3. ReferenceLucius and the Child Catcher

   Jason Isaacs gave Lucius Malfoy a whiny tone of voice based on the Child Catcher, the villain from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968).

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4. SetupA diary pierced by a fang

   Notice how Tom Riddle's diary is destroyed: with a basilisk fang. That way of destroying something will come up again later.

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